A worker who climbed atop a sand truck without fall protection and was later fired has been disqualified from receiving employment insurance benefits, after the Social Security Tribunal of Canada’s …
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LaSalle, Ont., police union challenges scope of harassment probe at labour board
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has directed a police association to identify which workplace harassment allegations it considers outside the scope of an employer-led investigation, after the union… Free Membership …
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PREMIUM Long COVID recognized as compensable workplace injury for Ontario PSW
A personal support worker who contracted COVID-19 from a resident at an Ontario seniors’ home has won ongoing entitlement to benefits for post-COVID syndrome, after the Workplace Safety and Insurance… …
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PREMIUM Carpenter awarded pay, room and board allowance after being taken to hospital with chest pains
A New Brunswick arbitrator has ordered AlumaSafway to pay a carpenter a full day’s wages and room and board allowance after the worker was hospitalized with chest pains during his… …
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PREMIUM Police body camera analyst awarded benefits for PTSD from viewing graphic footage
A civilian records system operator who reviewed and redacted police body camera footage has won entitlement to workers’ compensation benefits for chronic mental stress and post-traumatic stress disorder, after an… …
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PREMIUM TTC’s firing of engineering technologist not a reprisal: Ontario board
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has dismissed a reprisal application filed by a long-serving Toronto Transit Commission engineering technologist who was terminated for cause in December 2024, finding his exercise… …
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PREMIUM Pit manager electrocuted at Ontario casino wins PTSD benefits after nine-year fight
A pit manager who was electrocuted while plugging in a shuffle machine at an Ontario casino has won entitlement to benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder and ongoing psychotraumatic disability, with… …
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PREMIUM PSW who slipped and fell in her own driveway while clearing snow off car awarded benefits
A personal support worker who slipped and fell on ice in her driveway while clearing snow from her car before driving to a client’s home is entitled to workers’ compensation… …
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PREMIUM Conveyor belt accident left worker with PTSD symptoms, Ontario tribunal rules
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal has denied a worker’s claim for post-traumatic stress disorder following a conveyor belt accident but ruled that PTSD-related symptoms form part of her… …
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OLRB dismisses reprisal claim from worker laid off after loss of a major client
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has dismissed a worker’s reprisal complaint, finding her employer did not violate the Occupational Health and Safety Act when it failed to offer her alternative …